Above: Local use of peatland resources, including wood for charcoal, palm leaves for roof thatch, and Mauritia fruit for sale in Iquitos (where it is often turned into ice cream!). Photos taken in San Jorge village, Peru

Left: The lake at Quistococha, Peru

Above: SEM imagery showing clumps of pollen from Mauritia flexuosa and Tabebuia insignis, the two most common trees at Quistococha. We routinely work in normal light, but SEM can help to make taxonomic distinctions